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I STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Po
lice on Thursday announced
their first arrest in the investiga
tion of Prime Minister Olof
Palme's assassination, but the sus-
jpect was not immediately
Itharged.
I Police spokesman Leif Hal-
jlberg said, “I can confirm that af-
ler following up various tips, we
liad reason to arrest a man on
(suspicion of complicity in the
piurder.”
But lawyers for the man pre
dicted he would be released. The
suspect’s name was not released.
Meanwhile, police inspector
lull Abrahamsson said on Swed
ish national television, “We are
pursuing the investigation as
broadly as before and we hope we
shall have more arrests."
Henning Sjostrom, a leading
efense lawyer who is represent-
ng the suspect, described the
nan as a Swede in bis mid 30s
rom Stockholm with no foreign
onnections and with an “unble
mished record.”
Exxon, Chevron
to cut spending
on exploration
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Two of the big
gest U.S. oil companies announced
sharp cuts in exploration spending
Thursday, hurt by the petroleum
price collapse that analysts warn may
leave the country at the mercy of
foreign suppliers again.
“We’re setting up the next oil cri
sis, I think we clearly are,” said
Bruce Lazier, who follows domestic
oil companies for Prescott, Ball 8c
Turben Inc., a New York investment
firm. “We will pay the piper down
the road.”
He and other analysts said they
fear the strides made by the United
States in reducing.the use of foreign
oil will be undermined by a dropoff
in the search for domestic oil re
serves.
New York-based Exxon Gorp.,
the world’s largest oil company, said
it would reduce its capital and explo
ration budget by 2b percent from
$ 10.8 billion in 1985 to $8 billion this
year.
San Francisco-based Chevron
Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. oil
company, announced it would spend
about $3.5 billion this year, com
pared with about $4 billion spent in
1985.
Similar reductions had been an
nounced previously by other oil
companies.
Exxon Chairman C.C. Garvin Jr.
said the reductions are largely in re
sponse to the sharp decrease in
crude oil prices. He also said they
represent a re-examination of the
company’s strategies.
Chevron Chairman George Keller
said the lower spending level, re
vised after the collapse of the crude
oil market began late last year, “re
flects the current uncertainty of fu
ture crude and product prices.”
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I WASHINGTON — U.S. military
personnel were flown on charter
iarriers for some time after the gov-
ernment recommended immediate
grounding of the aircraf t, a congres
sional agency has found.
’ In fact, the General Accounting
Office draft report said, the service
members rode on the aircraft for
months after government inspectors
discovered serious safety violations.
K These events, involving two char
ter carriers, the GAO draft report
concluded, “raise a number of ques
tions” about the Federal Aviation
Administration’s “ability to identify
air carrier violations . . . and see that
they are remedied in a reasonable
period of time.”
K The findings involved FAA in
spections of Air Resorts, based in
Carlsbad, Calif., and South Pacific
Island Airways, based in Honolulu.
The GAO report was released by
Rep. Charles E. Bennett, D-Ha., a
ranking member of the House
Armed Services Committee.
“In both cases, military personnel
were placed aboard charter flights
after the FAA inspectors recom
mended suspension of the air car-
iers’ flight permits,” Bennett said.
FAA spokesman Boh Buckhorn
said he could not comment because
he had not seen the report.
Bennett and other congressmen
have raised concerns about the safe
operation of military charter opera
tors since the Dec. 12 crash of an Ar
row Air charter in Gander, New
foundland, in which 248 U-S.
military personnel were killed.
According to the GAO draft re
port, the examination revealed that
FAA inspectors in April 1984 found
numerous safety violations at Air
Resorts and urged that the carrier
immediately be grounded.
Air Resorts agreed to ground
much of its fleet, but was allowed to
continue to fly four aircraft it was us
ing to.carry Navy personnel as part
of a military contract. During May
1984 alone, Air Resorts carried
2,479 U.S. military personnel,
according to the GAO.
The GAO report said another
military charter carrier, South Pa
cific Island Airways; carried 6,400
U.S. military personnel after FAA
inspectors in Honolulu recom
mended immediate suspension of
the South Pacific’s operating certifi
cate because of safety violations in
early 1984.
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